Luas drivers ballot on latest pay offer
The company operating the trams, Transdev, tabled a 13% pay rise over three years last week. Drivers will be balloted on the offer today, which amounts to 5% less of what they were offered the …
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Conor McGregor’s ‘comeback’ has just been announced
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Conor McGregor has not ‘retired’ just yet, and he’s back on the UFC 200 show. After last week’s stunt, The Notorious tweeted today “Happy to announce that I am BACK on UFC 200!” …
Officials in Northern Ireland renew their appeal for social media sharing of Derry woman and her 6-year-old daughter, missing since Friday
48-year-old Rosemary Gregg and her daughter Orlaith have been missing from their home in Limavady, Londonderry, since Friday last. Rosemary is described as being 5’9” tall, of medium build, with brown eyes, and shoulder-length dirty …
The price of power: Kenny agrees to suspend water charges for a time as long as he gets to be Taoiseach
Acting leader Enda Kenny has reportedly agreed to suspend water charges for a limited time, if he gets back into the Taoiseach seat. The charges would allegedly be suspended while a new ‘framework’ for charges …
An open letter to heartless and opportunistic Leo Varadkar, after he raided the mental health budget to the tune of €12m
It emerged earlier in the week that acting Minister for Health Leo Varadkar plundered the mental health budget and sucked €12m out of it, thus severely mauling the available resources left to deal with mental …
Michael Lawson wins The Voice of Ireland competition
19-year-old Londoner Michael Lawson has won The Voice of Ireland contest, after performing the song ‘7 Years’, by Lukas Graham in a final show held in The Helix in Dublin. Lawson was coached by Bressie, …
Officials in Northern Ireland appeal for social media sharing of Derry woman and her 6-year-old daughter, missing since Friday
48-year-old Rosemary Gregg and her daughter Orlaith have been missing from their home in Limavady, Londonderry, since Friday last. Rosemary is described as being 5’9” tall, of medium build, with brown eyes, and shoulder-length dirty …
Today marks the 100th year since the Easter Rising
It’s been a century to the day since the event that changed the course of Ireland’s history. On this day a hundred years ago, a group of volunteers fought and died to oppose British rule …
Second election expected to be called this week, as talks between parties end without agreement
A second general election is now almost a certainty, as Irish Water and water charges become the one insurmountable stumbling block to form a government. It is understood that talks collapsed yesterday, with senior sources …
€8m winning lotto ticket was bought in Co. Wexford
It has emerged this morning that the winning lotto ticket for last night’s massive jackpot was sold at a Londis store in the Faythe, Wexford, yesterday. The winning numbers were 1, 9, 15, 23, 33, …
